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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
... If Carolina has the willpower to avoid paying Hamilton, and Calgary doesn't have the willpower to avoid paying Coleman, I think that says a lot.
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The two teams are operating in completely different circumstances, though. It is much easier for Carolina to do what they are doing in relative anonymity compared to what the Flames are trying to accomplish under the glaring spotlight provided by media and fans. When even your facial expressions and body-language on draft-day become topics of intense interest, it is going to affect the results of your job performance.
Unfortunately, it is just much, much harder to build teams in hockey-mad, entitled and unreasonably unforgiving Canadian markets than almost anywhere in the US—especially the hockey-hinterland of Raleigh.
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